--- seafile-3.1.12/scripts/setup-seafile-mysql.py.orig	2015-01-01 21:57:52.000000000 +0100
+++ seafile-3.1.12/scripts/setup-seafile-mysql.py	2015-01-22 21:26:27.425379254 +0100
@@ -1081,8 +1081,7 @@
             if not os.path.exists(seahub_data_dir):
                 os.mkdir(seahub_data_dir)
 
-            shutil.move(orig_avatar_dir, dest_avatar_dir)
-            os.symlink('../../../seahub-data/avatars', orig_avatar_dir)
+            shutil.copytree(orig_avatar_dir, dest_avatar_dir)
         except Exception, e:
             Utils.error('Failed to prepare seahub avatars dir: %s' % e)